2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

 

 

2014 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	December 26 – January 5
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Malmö Arena and Malmö Isstadion (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Finland (3rd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	202 (6.52 per match)
Attendance	144,268 (4,654 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Teuvo Teräväinen (15 points)
MVP	Filip Forsberg
Website	http://www.worldjunior2014.com
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The 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship (formerly called the IIHF U20 World Championship)^[1] was the 38th World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (WJHC), hosted in Malmö, Sweden. The 13,700-seat Malmö Arena was the main venue, with the smaller Malmö Isstadion the secondary venue. It began on December 26, 2013, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2014.^[2]
Finland defeated host team Sweden in the final 3–2 in overtime and won their first gold medal since 1998, as well as their third gold medal in total. It was also their first medal in the tournament since 2006. Sweden earned their second consecutive silver medal, their ninth silver medal in total, as well as their third consecutive medal in the tournament.
For the first time since 1979–81, Canada failed to capture a medal for the second consecutive year by losing the bronze medal game 2–1 to Russia, who captured the team's fourth consecutive medal at the tournament. The 2014 tournament marked the first time since 1998 that all three medalists were European teams.
A total of 144,268 spectators attended the 31 games, setting a new attendance record for IIHF World Junior Championship tournaments hosted in Europe. 12,023 spectators attended the gold medal game, setting a new record for a single IIHF World Junior Championship game in Europe.^[3]

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Venues

Malmö Arena Capacity: 12,500	Malmö Isstadion Capacity: 5,800
Sweden – Malmö	Sweden – Malmö

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship
They were the following:^[4]

Referees Tobias Björk Antti Boman Jacob Grumsen Rene Hradil Jozef Kubus Marcus Linde Timothy Mayer Steve Papp Devin Piccott Evgeniy Romasko Daniel Stricker Marc Wiegand

Linesmen Kenji Kosaka Andreas Kowert Benoit Martineau Fraser McIntyre Eduard Metalnikov Joris Müller Henrik Pihlblad Joonas Saha Peter Sefcik Rudolf Tosenovjan

Format

A new format was implemented for the Top Division. The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to the quarterfinals, while the last placed teams from each group played a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.^[5] This format was last used in 2002, except the current tournament will not incorporate playoff games to determine places five through eight.

Player eligibility

A player is eligible to play in the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:^[6]

• the player is of male gender;
• the player was born at the earliest in 1994, and at the latest, in 1999;
• the player is a citizen in the country he represents;
• the player is under the jurisdiction of a national association that is a member of the IIHF.

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.^[7]

Top Division

Rosters

Main article: 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

	Team qualified to Quarterfinals
	Teams plays in Relegation round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Advanced to
Canada	4	3	0	1	0	19	12	10	Quarterfinals
United States	4	3	0	0	1	21	7	9	Quarterfinals
Czech Republic	4	1	1	0	2	9	13	5	Quarterfinals
Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	16	16	3	Quarterfinals
Germany	4	1	0	0	3	7	24	3	Relegation round

26 December 2013 13:30

Germany

2–7 (2–4, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 1,861

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26 December 2013 17:30

Czech Republic

1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1)

United States

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 1,321

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27 December 2013 15:00

Slovakia

9–2 (3–0, 3–1, 3–1)

Germany

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 533

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28 December 2013 13:30

United States

6–3 (2–0, 1–2, 3–1)

Slovakia

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 1,658

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28 December 2013 17:30

Canada

4–5 GWS (1–1, 0–1, 3–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Czech Republic

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 3,011

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29 December 2013 15:00

Germany

0–8 (0–2, 0–4, 0–2)

United States

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 651

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30 December 2013 13:30

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0-0)

Germany

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 1,062

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30 December 2013 17:30

Canada

5–3 (1–1, 1–2, 3–0)

Slovakia

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 2,558

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31 December 2013 13:30

Slovakia

1–4 (0–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 1,259

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31 December 2013 17:30

United States

2–3 (0–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Canada

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 3,882

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Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Advanced to
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	22	7	12	Quarterfinals
Finland	4	2	0	1	1	14	10	7	Quarterfinals
Russia	4	2	0	0	2	21	8	6	Quarterfinals
Switzerland	4	1	1	0	2	11	17	5	Quarterfinals
Norway	4	0	0	0	4	3	29	0	Relegation round

26 December 2013 15:00

Norway

0–11 (0–5, 0–5, 0–1)

Russia

Malmö Arena Attendance: 4,260

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26 December 2013 19:00

Switzerland

3–5 (2–3, 0–0, 1–2)

Sweden

Malmö Arena Attendance: 11,109

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27 December 2013 17:30

Finland

5–1 (1–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Norway

Malmö Arena Attendance: 734

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28 December 2013 15:00

Sweden

4–2 (1–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Finland

Malmö Arena Attendance: 11,604

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28 December 2013 19:00

Russia

7–1 (2–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Malmö Arena Attendance: 7,543

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29 December 2013 17:30

Norway

0–10 (0–3, 0–3, 0–4)

Sweden

Malmö Arena Attendance: 11,296

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30 December 2013 15:00

Russia

1–4 (1–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Finland

Malmö Arena Attendance: 945

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30 December 2013 19:00

Switzerland

3–2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Norway

Malmö Arena Attendance: 418

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31 December 2013 14:00

Sweden

3–2 (2–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Russia

Malmö Arena Attendance: 11,528

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31 December 2013 18:00

Finland

3–4 GWS (1–1, 1–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Switzerland

Malmö Arena Attendance: 718

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Relegation round

The relegation round was a best-of-three series. Norway lost two games and was relegated to Division I for 2015.

January 2, 2014 11:00

Germany

0–3 (0–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Norway

Malmö Arena Attendance: 294

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January 3, 2014 16:00

Norway

3–4 (1–2, 2–0, 0–2)

Germany

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 463

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January 5, 2014 12:00

Germany

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Norway

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 157

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Playoff round

Quarterfinal

1A

Canada

4

4B

Switzerland

1

Semifinal

1A

Canada

1

Quarterfinal

2B

Finland

5

2B

Finland

5

3A

Czech Republic

3

Final

2B

Finland

3

Quarterfinal

1B

Sweden

2

1B

Sweden

6

4A

Slovakia

0

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

1B

Sweden

2

1A

Canada

1

Quarterfinal

3B

Russia

1

3B

Russia

2

2A

United States

3

3B

Russia

5

Quarterfinals

2 January 2014 12:00

United States

3–5 (3–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Russia

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 1,876

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2 January 2014 14:30

Finland

5–3 (1–1, 1–2, 3–0)

Czech Republic

Malmö Arena Attendance: 4,085

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2 January 2014 17:00

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Switzerland

Malmö Isstadion Attendance: 2,580

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2 January 2014 19:30

Sweden

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Malmö Arena Attendance: 10,857

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Semifinals

4 January 2014 15:00

Sweden

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Russia

Malmö Arena Attendance: 11,725

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4 January 2014 19:00

Canada

1–5 (0–0, 1–3, 0–2)

Finland

Malmö Arena Attendance: 11,544

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Bronze medal game

5 January 2014 15:00

Canada

1–2 (0–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Russia

Malmö Arena Attendance: 10,713

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Final

Main article: 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Final

5 January 2014 19:00

Sweden

2–3 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Malmö Arena Attendance: 12,023

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Teuvo Teräväinen	Finland	7	2	13	15	+11	2
2	Filip Forsberg	Sweden	7	4	8	12	+3	2
3	Saku Mäenalanen	Finland	7	7	4	11	+9	0
4	Anthony Mantha	Canada	7	5	6	11	+6	0
5	Martin Réway	Slovakia	5	4	6	10	0	4
6	Dávid Gríger	Slovakia	5	3	7	10	+1	0
7	Jonathan Drouin	Canada	7	3	6	9	+5	24
8	Elias Lindholm	Sweden	6	2	7	9	−1	6
9	Mikhail Grigorenko	Russia	7	5	3	8	+6	0
10	Milan Kolena	Slovakia	5	4	4	8	−1	6

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Juuse Saros	Finland	344:53	9	1.57	94.30	0
2	Andrei Vasilevski	Russia	327:50	10	1.83	93.33	0
3	Oscar Dansk	Sweden	369:42	11	1.79	92.86	1
4	Joachim Svendsen	Norway	318:01	16	3.02	91.53	1
5	Marek Langhamer	Czech Republic	243:47	12	2.95	90.62	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Tournament awards

2014 IIHF World Junior Championship Winners
Finland 3rd title

Reference: [1]

Most Valuable Player

• Forward: Filip Forsberg

All-star team

• Goaltender: Juuse Saros
• Defencemen: Nikita Zadorov, Rasmus Ristolainen
• Forwards: Anthony Mantha, Teuvo Teräväinen, Filip Forsberg

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Oscar Dansk
• Defenceman: Rasmus Ristolainen
• Forward: Filip Forsberg

Final standings

	Team
	Finland
	Sweden
	Russia
4th	Canada
5th	United States
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Switzerland
8th	Slovakia
9th	Germany
10th	Norway

Note that due to the lack of playoff games for determining the spots 5–8, these spots were determined by the regulation round records for each team.

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Finland #1 – Janne Juvonen #4 – Mikko Lehtonen #5 – Rasmus Ristolainen #7 – Esa Lindell #8 – Saku Mäenalanen #9 – Julius Honka #10 – Juuso Ikonen #11 – Joni Nikko #12 – Ville Pokka #13 – Ville-Valtteri Leskinen #14 – Topi Nättinen #15 – Juuso Vainio #18 – Saku Kinnunen #19 – Mikko Vainonen #20 – Teuvo Teräväinen #21 – Aleksi Mustonen #22 – Henri Ikonen #25 – Henrik Haapala #26 – Rasmus Kulmala #28 – Artturi Lehkonen #29 – Otto Rauhala #30 – Ville Husso #31 – Juuse Saros	Sweden #1 – Marcus Högberg #3 – Robin Norell #4 – Christian Djoos #5 – Andreas Johnson #6 – Jesper Pettersson #8 – Linus Arnesson #9 – Jacob de la Rose #10 – Alexander Wennberg #13 – Gustav Olofsson #14 – Robert Hägg #15 – Sebastian Collberg #16 – Filip Forsberg #18 – Andre Burakovsky #19 – Elias Lindholm #20 – Lukas Bengtsson #21 – Filip Sandberg #23 – Nick Sörensen #26 – Erik Karlsson #27 – Anton Karlsson #28 – Lucas Wallmark #29 – Oskar Sundqvist #30 – Jonas Johansson #35 – Oscar Dansk	Russia #1 – Igor Ustinski #4 – Ilya Lyubushkin #5 – Alexei Bereglazov #6 – Valeri Vasilyev #7 – Kirill Maslov #8 – Nikita Tryamkin #9 – Anton Slepyshev #10 – Bogdan Yakimov #11 – Damir Zhafyarov #12 – Ivan Barbashev #14 – Nikolai Skladnichenko #15 – Georgi Busarov #16 – Nikita Zadorov #17 – Eduard Gimatov #18 – Vyacheslav Osnovin #19 – Pavel Buchnevich #20 – Ivan Nalimov #21 – Alexander Barabanov #22 – Andrei Mironov #23 – Valentin Zykov #25 – Mikhail Grigorenko #27 – Vadim Khlopotov #30 – Andrei Vasilevski

Source: 1 2 3

Division I

Main article: 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Group A

The Division I A competition was played in Sanok, Poland, from 15 to 21 December 2013.
Participants

•  Latvia — relegated from Top Division 2013
•  Belarus — finished 2nd in 2013
•  Denmark — finished 3rd in 2013
•  Slovenia — finished 4th in 2013
•  Austria — finished 5th in 2013
•  Poland — promoted from Division I B 2013

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Denmark	5	5	0	0	0	20	10	15
Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	23	7	12
Belarus	5	3	0	0	2	23	14	9
Austria	5	2	0	0	3	10	14	6
Slovenia	5	0	1	0	4	11	28	2
Poland	5	0	0	1	4	6	20	1

Promoted to Top Division

Relegated to Division I B

Group B

The Division I B competition was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 December 2013.
Participants

•  France — relegated from Division I A 2013
•  Kazakhstan — finished 2nd in 2013
•  Italy — finished 3rd in 2013
•  Ukraine — finished 4th in 2013
•  Great Britain — finished 5th in 2013
•  Japan — promoted from Division II A 2013

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Italy	5	3	2	0	0	20	14	13
Kazakhstan	5	4	0	0	1	28	16	12
France	5	2	0	2	1	15	16	8
Ukraine	5	2	0	0	3	11	15	6
Great Britain	5	1	1	1	2	13	20	6
Japan	5	0	0	0	5	17	23	0

Promoted to Division I A

Relegated to Division II A

Division II

Main article: 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Group A

The Division II A competition was played in Miskolc, Hungary, from 15 to 21 December 2013.
Participants

•  Croatia — relegated from Division I B 2013
•  Hungary — finished 2nd in 2013
•  Romania — finished 3rd in 2013
•  Netherlands — finished 4th in 2013
•  Lithuania — finished 5th in 2013
•  Estonia — promoted from Division II B 2013

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	34	7	15
Lithuania	5	3	1	0	1	21	14	11
Netherlands	5	3	0	1	1	22	18	10
Estonia	5	2	0	0	3	11	19	6
Romania	5	1	0	0	4	8	20	3
Croatia	5	0	0	0	5	8	26	0

Promoted to Division I B

Relegated to Division II B

Group B

The Division II B competition will be played in Jaca, Spain, from 11 to 17 January 2014.
Participants

•  Spain — relegated from Division II A 2013
•  South Korea — finished 2nd in 2013
•  Serbia — finished 3rd in 2013
•  Australia — finished 4th in 2013
•  Iceland — finished 5th in 2013
•  China — promoted from Division III 2013

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	41	12	15
Spain	5	4	0	0	1	19	11	12
Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	15	15	9
Australia	5	1	1	0	3	12	19	5
Iceland	5	1	0	1	3	20	17	4
China	5	0	0	0	5	9	40	0

Promoted to Division II A

Relegated to Division III

Division III

Main article: 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III competition will be played in Izmir, Turkey, from 12 to 18 January 2014.
Participants

•  Belgium — relegated from Division II B 2013
•  Bulgaria — finished 2nd in 2013
•  New Zealand — finished 3rd in 2013
•  Mexico — finished 4th in 2013
•  Turkey — finished 5th in 2013
•  South Africa — did not participate in 2013

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Belgium	5	5	0	0	0	37	3	15
New Zealand	5	4	0	0	1	29	6	12
Mexico	5	2	1	0	2	16	11	8
Turkey	5	2	0	1	2	10	24	7
South Africa	5	0	1	0	4	7	26	2
Bulgaria	5	0	0	1	4	4	33	1